8th Nov, 2023 13:00
Indian, Islamic, South East Asian and Himalayan Works of Art
557
A GREY STONE HEAD OF VAIKUNTHA VISHNU, RAJASTHAN OR GUJARAT, 11TH/12TH CENTURY
with tall tapering faceted headdress, the main head of Vishnu flanked by heads of a boar and a monkey, a lotus halo at the back, 41cm high
Provenance: From the collection of the late A.J. (John) Lippitt (1928-2019), Hampshire. Acquired Gordon Reece Gallery, London, 2 December 1999 (a copy of the invoice is sold with this lot). Previously private collection, Belgium.
This form of Vishnu, is also called Chaturmurti "four-faced", the fourth head facing to the back and not visible here. (chaturmurti), with the heads of a lion (here more like a monkey) and a boar, representing the Narasimha and Varaha aspects of the god. For another depiction of Vaikuntha Vishnu, in marble, in the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (formerly Prince of Wales Museum of Western India), see Desai 2002, no.32, p.42.
with tall tapering faceted headdress, the main head of Vishnu flanked by heads of a boar and a monkey, a lotus halo at the back, 41cm high
Provenance: From the collection of the late A.J. (John) Lippitt (1928-2019), Hampshire. Acquired Gordon Reece Gallery, London, 2 December 1999 (a copy of the invoice is sold with this lot). Previously private collection, Belgium.
This form of Vishnu, is also called Chaturmurti "four-faced", the fourth head facing to the back and not visible here. (chaturmurti), with the heads of a lion (here more like a monkey) and a boar, representing the Narasimha and Varaha aspects of the god. For another depiction of Vaikuntha Vishnu, in marble, in the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (formerly Prince of Wales Museum of Western India), see Desai 2002, no.32, p.42.
Auction: Indian, Islamic, South East Asian and Himalayan Works of Art, 8th Nov, 2023
